Writing about President Trump’s denunciation of Tucker Carlson via Douglas Murray’s New York Post column “Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump,” John asserts that it’s a time for choosing on the right. That is the point I have been making for some time now with respect to the maniacal anti-Semitism of Carlson and his friends, including the Vice President of the United States.
President Trump posts an article by Douglas Murray that highlights Tucker Carlson’s extremism, embrace of Islamists, and America Last:
The article is titled: “Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump”
Several of the top lines in the piece include:
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— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) April 2, 2026
The choice to be made is whether conservatives adopt a “no enemies on the right” approach to dealing with Carlson et al., or whether they call him and his friends out. Kevin Roberts is president of the Heritage Foundation. He has chosen poorly. Sean Davis is editor of The Federalist. He has chosen poorly.
Not really sure I’m willing to be lectured on who is allowed to talk to who and why by someone yukking it up with Jake Tapper, one of the most corrupt, hateful, and dishonest left-wing-operatives-masquerading-as-a-journalist in all of media. https://t.co/hzZt7gwxyF
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 6, 2025
Ben Shapiro has proved to be a lightning rod on this issue. In “Vanz Kant Danz,” I cited Vance’s speech at TPUSA’s AmericaFest this past December, Vance explicitly refused to call out the likes of Tucker Carlson. Alluding to Shapiro, Vance said: “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform. Let me just say the best way to honor Charlie [Kirk] is that none of us here should be doing something after Charlie’s death that he himself refused to do in life.” He opposed “self-defeating purity tests.” He’s a “no enemies on the right” kind of guy.
President Trump is not that kind of guy. Trump has applied “a self-defeating purity test” to Carlson via Douglas Murray. By contrast, Vance is sticking with Carlson and Carlson’s friends. We know where Vance is at, so to speak. If Vance ever purports to see the light, it will be too little, too late for anyone who cares about decency in the conservative movement.
